Telegraph news item about Tom Leppard, the most-tattooed man in the world (until recently) and a hermit who “lived in a ruined bothy on the Scottish island of Skye for 20 years” without electricity or furniture. Leppard is now 73 and is moving to the mainland: “I was perfectly happy in the bothy but I’m like everyone else – I’m getting too old for that kind of life.” Article byline: “The Leopard Man of Skye, once the world’s most tattooed man, has left behind his remote hermit lifestyle to live in a retirement home. ”
Follow-up article: “The Rewards of the Hermit” at URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/30/healthandwellbeing-ruralaffairs